XMLParser

A sample web application featuring data uploading and data parsing of XML file containing student details. The application also features Account Registration, Login, Data Analytics like Viewing, Sorting, Filtering, PDF Download, Excel Download and Printing

Project Setup

Step 0: Prerequisites:

Install Python3.7, pip and virtualenv

Install MySQL Ver 14.14 Distrib 5.7.31

Step 1: Clone the repo:

git clone https://github.com/ShahidYousuf/XMLParser.git

Step 2: Create a Python Virtualenv:

If you are using some ide like Pycharm, you may not manually need to install pip and virtualenv or create virtualenv via terminal.

virtualenv -p python3.7 ENV_PY37_XMLParser

Step 3: Change to Project directory of Step 1

cd XMLParser/xmlparser

Step 4: Activate the Virtual Environment of Step 2:

source /path/to/your/virtual_env/bin/activate

Step 5: Install the project requirements:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Step 6: Create a MySQL database instance and database settings in the project settings.py file:

DATABASES = { 'default': { 'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql', 'NAME': '<INSERT_YOUR_MYSQL_DB_NAME_HERE>', 'USER': '<INSERT_MYSQL_USER_HERE>', 'PASSWORD': '<INSERT_MYSQL_USERS_PASSWORD_HERE>' } }

Step 7: Run project migrations which create database tables/schemas:

python manage.py migrate

Step 8: Run the project:

python manage.py runserver

Step 9: See if you can view the website, default on http://localhost:8000